English-Spanish translations for comprise

• comprender
  Esto debería comprender todas las medicinas clave y esenciales. This should comprise all essential and key medicines.
• contener

Definition of comprise

• To be made up of; to consist of .
• To contain or embrace.
• To compose, to constitute. ''See usage note below.''
• To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. ''compose'', which is "closed" and limits to the items listed

Examples

• The whole comprises the parts
• The parts are comprised by the whole
• Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members
• A team is comprised of its members
• The members comprise the team

Related words

• comprised
• be comprised (+ of
• be comprised